Wegener’s Vasculitis Now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis, it affects the small blood vessels, most commonly in the upper respiratory tract, lungs, and kidneys. Symptoms may be mild or ...

Treatment results in remission for about 85% of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small-vessel vasculitis; however, 11–57% of these suffer relapse, which can ...

the high risk of relapse associated with methotrexate as maintenance therapy necessitates careful monitoring during this phase of treatment. For patients with generalized, organ-threatening ...

A significant percentage of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) demonstrate coronary artery calcification (CAC) on imaging, with variations by ANCA ...

Latent tuberculosis infection-positivity is common among patients with systemic vasculitis and is associated with BD and smoking history.

which takes into account more common diagnoses and avoids the pitfalls of empiric treatment. We report a small case series of patients empirically treated for suspected CNS vasculitis, who were ...

The general principles guiding the treatment of vasculitis are to induce and maintain remission prior to commencing a pregnancy, to recognize and promptly treat any relapse both during pregnancy ...